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A. G. BBOKEN. 00MB.

APPLICATION nun run. 20, 1908.

912,355. Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

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ALBERT O. BECKEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

Application filed March 20, 15308. $eria1 No. 322,255.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT C. BECKEN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combs, of u hich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to combs, and has for its object the construction of the teeth of the comb in such a Way that it serves as a superior scalp cleaning instrument.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a comb made according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a section of the comb enlarged so as to show the form of teeth to better advantage; and Fig. 3 is a transverse secticn on line 33 of Fig. l and of the same scale as Fig. 3.

In the said drawings, the bcdy of the comb is represented by A, the teeth by B, and the ends by C. These ends are diamcnd shape, as shov n in Fig. 2, the object being to give a large fiat surface on the surface v hich is shov n at 0. "lbs diamc nd points are nearly, but not quite, sharp; sharp enough to make a scraping effect cn the scalp, but not to scratch the scalp. 'lhe lateral corners of the diamond of successive teeth are comparatively close together, as shovn at D, the distance being less than the space between the teeth, as shown at E. When the comb is used, the points of the diamond C scrape the dandruff or dirt from the scalp, this dandruff or dirt piling up on the fiat face of the diamond C, and is not dislocated from that position in combing the hair. In combing, the hair passes between the narrow space D into the vider space E, this wider space being necessary to accommodate comparatively thick heads of hair. The dirt or dandruff is rubbed from the flat diamond face C after drawing the comb through the hair, after which the comb is used again.

As will be noticed in Fig. 3, the teeth are made thin laterally near their points. In making a metal comb of this construction, I make the teeth of the comb in the ordinary manner, and then by rolling or pressure under suitable dies the ends of the teeth are spread as shov. n in Figs. 1 and 2. T his flattens the teeth in the condition shown in Fig. 23, leaving the same amount of material as would be the case if the points had not been pressed out into diamond form as described.

What I claim is:

A comb having the ends of its teeth broadened in the direction longitudinal with the length of the comb, and thinned in the transverse direction.

Signed at Chicago, Ill. this 16th day of March 1908.

ALBERT C. BECKEN.

Witnesses AVDOLPH h/IUELLER, HERMAN LORBER. 

